The Timeless MEDITERRANEAN and the New European Union: Transnational Spaces and Integration
Monday, June 10 - Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Pertinent Info
- Application Deadline: May 6,2013
- On-line registration
- Cost: $150Please make checks payable to "University of Illinois." Send your checks to:European Union CenterUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign328 International Studies Building, MC-429910 S. Fifth StreetChampaign, IL 61820
- Travel Grants: Travel grants up to $150 are available.
- Credit: CPDUs (for Illinois teachers), University of Illinois CEUs for non-Illinois teachers, and University of Illinois graduate credits are available, please contact Sebnem Ozkan at asozkan@illinois.edu, 217-244-0570 for further information.
- Housing: Housing will be provided. We reserved your rooms for 2 nights from June 10 (check-in) to June 12 (check-out).
- Meals:Breakfast is available at the hotel and the EU Center will provide most meals.
- Parking: available
- Contact: For more information contact Sebnem Ozkan asozkan@illinois.edu, 217-244-0570.
- Funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.
Schedule
Monday, June 10 |
Workshop location:
Illini Union Room 211 1401 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801 |
6:00 - 7:30 pm
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Registration & Keynote
Keynote Address: The Politics of Time and Space: The European Union and the Mediterranean (presentation)
Jean-Philippe Mathy (Professor of French, Comparative Literature, and Criticism & Interpretive Theory, U. of Illinois) |
Tuesday, June 11 |
The “Idea” of Mediterranean: History, Culture, Language, Music, Networks
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9:15 am |
Coffee/tea
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9:30 - 10:45 am |
The “Idea” of Mediterranean – via Skype
Manuel Rota, Assist. Professor of Italian and History, U. of Illinois
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10:45 - 11:00 am |
Break (coffee, tea, and light refreshments provided)
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Mediterranean Networks of Civil Society Organizations (presentation (.pdf))
Kostas Kourtikakis, Lecturer of Political Science, U. of Illinois Background reading |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
Lunch break
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2:00 - 3:30 pm |
Tourism in the Mediterranean (presentation(.pptx))
Carla Santos, Associate Professor of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, U. of Illinois Background reading 1 Background reading 2 Background reading 3 |
3:30 - 3:45 pm
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Break – coffee, tea, and light refreshments provided
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3:45 - 6:00 pm |
Languages of the Mediterranean
(Eda Derhemi's presentation(.pptx) & text(.docx)) (Zsuzsana Faygal's presentation(.pdf) & handout(.pdf)) (Marina Terkourafi's presentation(.pptx))
Eda Derhemi, Adjunct Assist. Professor of Media and Cinema Studies, Lecturer in Italian Program, U. of Illinois; Zsuzsana Fagyal, Assoc. Professor of French, Linguistics, U. of Illinois; Marina Terkourafi, Assoc. Professor of Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education, U. of Illinois
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Wednesday, June 12 |
Mediterranean Interactions: Tourism, social movements, and the “other” in the Mediterranean
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9:15 am |
Coffee/tea
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9:30 - 10:45 am
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Blue Eyed Black Boy, Balkan Beat Box and the Sounds of the Arab Spring (presentation(.pptx))
Angela Williams, Assoc. Director of the Center for South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, U. of Illinois
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10:45 - 11:00 am |
Break (coffee, tea, and light refreshments provided)
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm
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African immigrants in the EU
Alma Gottlieb, Professor of Anthropology, African Studies, Global Studies, and Gender and Women's Studies, U. of Illinois
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12:30 - 1:30 pm |
Lunch break
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1:30 - 2:45 pm |
Contemporary Islamic Movements in the Mediterranean
Valerie Hoffman, Professor of Religion, Director of the Center for South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, U. of Illinois
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2:45 - 3:00 pm |
Break (coffee, tea, and light refreshments provided)
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3:00 - 4:15 pm |
The European Debt Crisis: Lessons from the Greek Experience (presentation(.pptx))
Elisabeth Oltheten, Assistant Professor Finance, U. of Illinois
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4:15 - 4:30 pm
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Break
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4:30 - 5:30 pm |
Wrap-up
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